{"id":15191,"date":"2022-05-11T11:32:57","date_gmt":"2022-05-11T09:32:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/?p=1642703"},"modified":"2022-05-11T11:56:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T09:56:37","slug":"russell-t-davies-lifts-lid-on-audition-speech-he-wrote-for-ncuti-gatwa","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/radiotimes\/rss_feed\/russell-t-davies-lifts-lid-on-audition-speech-he-wrote-for-ncuti-gatwa\/","title":{"rendered":"Russell T Davies lifts lid on \u201caudition speech\u201d he wrote for Ncuti Gatwa"},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Lauren Morris\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Wednesday, 11 May 2022 at 12:00 am<\/p>

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If you\u2019ve ever wondered what it takes to be cast as the Doctor, then you\u2019re in luck \u2013 returning showrunner Russell T Davies has opened up about the audition process for Doctor Who<\/a> and the \u201cspecial audition speech\u201d that secured Ncuti Gatwa the role.<\/p>\n

The Sex Education<\/a> star was announced as the latest person to play the Doctor<\/a> on Sunday, with Davies revealing he had to perform an \u201ceight-page scene\u201d whilst auditioning for the show.<\/p>\n

Speaking to RadioTimes.com<\/a> and other press on the BAFTA Television Awards<\/a> red carpet, the showrunner said: \u201cI wrote a special audition speech. It was an eight-page scene, a big scene, you had to learn it and come in.<\/p>\n

\u201cTop, proper audition, not just standing there and giving Shakespeare. Really hard work. Me and Phil Collinson, the producer, were there. It was taped and it gets passed on. It\u2019s tough, properly tough. And we do many versions of it, we do it lighter, funnier, harder.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Ncuti Gatwa at the Virgin Media British Academy Television Awards 2022.<\/span><\/figcaption> Samir Hussein\/WireImage\/Getty Images<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n

Doctor Who fans were sent into a frenzy after Gatwa\u2019s casting news, with some speculating that Bridgerton\u2019s Nicola Coughlan could play his companion<\/a> while others were wondering what other big surprises<\/a> Davies has up his sleeve for the 2023 episodes.<\/p>\n

Davies, who was Doctor Who\u2019s showrunner between 2005 and 2010, also confirmed that he planted Doctor Who red herrings<\/a> and that a different actor was almost cast as the Doctor<\/a> before Ncuti Gatwa auditioned.<\/p>

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